Archive for February, 2008
Episode 18 — The Evolution of the Theory of Evolution, Part 1 of 2
Today, the 12th of February, 2008, is the 199th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Since this has been dubbed “Darwin Day,” and all sorts of events are planned for the upcoming year commemorating Darwin’s turning the “big 200″ in 2009, I thought it’d be a good time to discuss how evolutionary theory has changed over the centuries, and what Darwin’s unique contributions really were…
The scientific tourist #7 — the shifting sands of time
This week’s “sciencey” tourist picture comes from the ruins of Ostia Antica, Rome’s ancient harbor town — at one time situated where the Tiber river runs into the Mediterranean…
“Brewster Rockit” on the Van Allen Belts
Given the timeliness of this (in light of the Explorer 1 anniversary last week), and how much I love the comic strip “Brewster Rockit: Space Guy,” I thought (hoped?) you might enjoy this Sunday’s strip…
Whew — that was a close one!
Anybody who spends much time with computers or web sites can attest to the fact that they can be a bit… testy… at times. If you’ve tried to look at the SOS web site over the past few days, you might have an inkling of how this applies to you and me right now…
Casual Friday — make your own vacuum tubes
This week’s video is a surprisingly engrossing 17 minute video of a French amateur radio enthusiast making his own vacuum tubes
